Draft:Vivian Akello
Vivian Valin Akello | |
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| Born | |
| Citizenship | Ugandan |
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| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Organization | Mulago hospital |
Vivian Valin Akello is a Ugandan medical doctor and surgeon.[1][2][3] She is a gastro-intestinal surgeon specialist at Mulago hospital.[1][2] Akello is the president of the Society of Uganda gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgeons.[2][4][5] She is a member of Rotary club Sonde.[1]
Education and background
[edit]Akello was born in Arua district, grew up in Oyam district and studied in Gulu.[1] She studied her primary education from Mary Immaculate primary girls' school in Gulu.[1] She studied her ordinary level education from Sacred heart secondary school and advanced level education from Trinity college Nabbingo.[1]
Akello joined Makerere university where she enrolled for a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery and a masters of medicine in general surgery.[1][6] She was a fellow in minimal access surgery at Medanta hospital in India where she specialized in gastrointestinal surgery.[1][6]
Career
[edit]Akello started her career as an intern student at Rubaga hospital and Lira hospital. She started working as a doctor at Nagalama hospital in Mukono.[1] She worked at Hoima hospital as a general surgeon before being transferred to Mulago national referral hospital as a gastrointestinal surgeon.[1][7] Vivian works at Unihealth medical center Victoria hospital and St. Francis Naggalama Hospital as a general surgeon.[8] She worked for four months in Sierra Leone as a surgeon in Pujehuan village.[1]
Vivian is also a lecturer at Kampala international university Uganda.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050109/en-ca/files/homepage/amazing-times-december-2022/amazing-times-december-2022.pdf
- ^ a b c "Coping with swallowing difficulties". Monitor. 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Trained doctors for Mulago project redundant over cash constraints". Monitor. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "New Vision - Latest News". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "New Vision - Latest News". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ a b "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Akello, Vivian; Bitamazire, Denis; Wandabwa, Joel; Ssebuufu, Robinson. "GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS: A SURGICAL COMPLICATION OF TYPHOID FEVER IN A CHILD". 2020-05-04.
- ^ "How tumour marker tests can diagnose breast cancer". Monitor. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Researchgate".